Powers and Borders - Afghanistan UNHCR Flashcards
1
Q
What was the short term role of the UNHCR in Afghanistan?
A
- refugee camps set up for 6 million refugees
- Kacha Garhi in Pakistan for 70,000 refugees
- provided emergency relief
- refugees received a welcome kit
2
Q
What was the long term role of the UNHCR in Afghanistan?
A
- worked with NGOs such as MSF to provide long term healthcare such as vaccines
- most of the refugees below 18 so box schools set up
- ran projects where refugees can earn money by collecting recycling waste
- repatriation has caused a 20% increase in Afghanistan’s population
- piloted the cash for shelter project
3
Q
How effective was the UNHCR in Afghanistan?
A
- emergency aid provided which reduced deaths
- children were educated in camps
- opportunities for cash in recycling
- gave refugees going home $200 to support them
- by 2019 funded over 700 housing projects
- 600 Afghan families who returned to Afghanistan returned under the cash for shelter project
4
Q
What was evidence of limited success in the UNHCR?
A
- overstretched resources
- lack of safe drinking water
- not enough pit latrines
- overcrowding
